Expertlatin
- What are the rules for long and short vowels?
- What does ː mean in IPA?
- What is an example of long and short vowel sounds?
What are the rules for long and short vowels?
When a vowel makes the sound of a particular letter, then it is a short sound. However, when the vowel sounds like the letter's name, then it makes a long sound. The sound the vowel makes depends on its position in the word and the letters that surround it.
What does ː mean in IPA?
IPA. In the International Phonetic Alphabet the sign ː (not a colon, but two triangles facing each other in an hourglass shape; Unicode U+02D0 ) is used for both vowel and consonant length. This may be doubled for an extra-long sound, or the top half (ˑ) may be used to indicate that a sound is "half long".
What is an example of long and short vowel sounds?
Here are some examples of short vowel words: at, egg, it, ox, up. Here are some examples of long vowel words: ate, each, ice, oak, use.
